thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore: Is there — is... The American Whig Review - Page 1451845Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this...haunted — tell me truly, I implore — Is there — in there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore." "... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this...enchanted— On this home by Horror haunted— tell me truly, 1 implore— Is there — it there balm in Gilead? — lell me — tell me, 1 implore !' Quoth the... | |
| 1845 - 778 pages
...Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert Innd enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted— lell me truly, I implore — Is there— is there balm in Gilead?— tell me— tell me, 1 implore!" Quoth the raren, " Nevermore." " Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil— prophet still, if... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1886 - 618 pages
...self-contempt, its semi-consciousness of wilful delusion, culminates in the author's favourite stanza — ' Prophet ! ' said I, ' thing of evil ! prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that Heaven that l>ends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if within the distant... | |
| Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore !" up of English matter, have got all the money, and a few of the most eager pretenders hav if bird or devil ! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate,... | |
| American literature - 1847 - 434 pages
...evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert...Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil t By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore — Tell this soul... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this...On this home by horror haunted — tell me truly, 1 implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead? tell me— tell me, I implore ! ' Quoth the Raven,... | |
| United States - 1851 - 608 pages
...passages of fine natural passion and expression : for instance, — " Prophet." snid I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that Heaven that bends abovo us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this...— tell me — tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven " Never more." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil— prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that heaven... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! — Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this...? — tell me — tell me, I implore ! " Quoth the Eaven, " Nevermore." 15. " Prophet ! " said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil... | |
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